orange chocolate lava cookies

How To Make orange chocolate lava cookies

• 1

  Preheat oven to 350. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together baking blend, baking powder and salt. Set aside In a large bowl mix together sugar and orange zest. Then beat in cream cheese, apple butter, egg white, and orange juice until combined. Beat dry ingredients into wet until combined, scraping down sides of the bowl as necessary,
• 2

  Roll cookies into 1″ balls, then stuff with a 1/4 tsp size chunk of dark chocolate (eye ball it–you want to make sure it is bigger than a chocolate chip, but that the dough can still cover it completely). Re-roll into 1″ ball, making sure all chocolate is covered. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden. Let stand for 3-5 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 3

  Meanwhile, in a small-medium mixing bowl, whisk together powdered sugar and 1 tbs orange juice. Slowly continue to add more orange juice (and I mean very slowly. A little bit of liquid goes a long way with powdered sugar) until desired drippy consistency. Dip tops of completely cooled cookies into the glaze, then let stand to set on a flat surface.
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